Driving, cycling or hiking between the highlights of this region in the north of the French Meuse…read moredepartment, you won't have any problem finding the village of Breux. You might have a small problem trying to find this pub though. But it's worth the search. Located between the monastery of Orval and the basilica of Avioth, The Oak Inn is a tiny country pub serving about a dozen of real English ales & bitters, some Belgian beers and local delices as Orval trappist ale, maitrank and local wine. It's quiet, there's a nice big terrace for long summer evenings and a wood stove with a crackling for long winter evenings. The building is pretty impressive; the pub is just a small part of what owners Mike & Paskie eventually want to convert into a pub/recording studio/music venue. The music studio is actually open, but not in its definite form yet. Mike will be happy to show you around and tell you all about it. Every good review mentions a few downsides as well... Hard to come up with any, but there you go: although there's probably not much demand for it (Breux has a population of just over 250), it would be nice if the pub would be open in the afternoons too. And a simple snack/meal would be ideal. Just some 'tartines' with Orval cheese, a quiche or a pizza... No, nothing more on the down side really. Here's a treasure map for you: at the church coming from Orval, take a left into the northern part of the Grande Rue. Coming from Avioth, go straight ahead at the church. Look for number 44 (right hand side), go around the building and there you are...

This restaurant gets its name from the famous response to the German demand for the US troops…read moredefending Bastogne to surrender during WW2. Nowadays it would be an expletive! Le Nuts is located in the center of Bastogne on Place McAuliffe which is like the town square. An inexpensive pay parking lot is located in front. Inside, the restaurant is decorated in remembrance of the Battle of the Bulge with decor from back then along with more current pictures of famous people who have dined here. It has outdoor and indoor seating. Le Nuts has a large menu that had several items that interested me. I went with the Spaghetti Bolognese for 18€ after a suggestion from the waiter. It arrived less than 15 minutes later and was a very good choice. It came in a large bowl with plenty of spaghetti and meat sauce along with Parmesan cheese. The mixture made for an enjoyable meal of cheesy meat sauce and spaghetti and was very good tasting. The table service was attentive too. I enjoyed my visit to this popular restaurant. Had I stayed in town for a longer visit I would have probably come back to try one of their good looking hamburgers.

This was a super cute spot with TONS of WWII memorabilia. The staff was nice but we waited for a…read morewhile for the waiter to tend to us when we needed things. Otherwise, the food was sooo good! The burgers were pretty big and filling and they were so juicy! There were 4 of us and we all asked for the burger to be cooked well. I'm glad we didn't ask for anything less than that cause all of our burgers were medium rare. We would definitely come back!!

A catastrophe! The card you receive on site is not the one…read moreon their website. Very limited choice anyway. Service is very slow, with only one waitress for all the outside (and probably inside) tables. No children's menu. Wine only in bottles, not in pitchers... unless you ask for it!? But it's not on the menu, and they don't tell you the price, even when you order it. Not even the traditional bread or jug of water at the table. We asked for bread. For the meal, we had a piece of meat for 2 at 70 euros, the meat of which was tough. You're on a sunny terrace with a parasol that doesn't cover all the tables (even if you move it as you wait), and flies. The starter, the foie gras, is a tiny little morsel...

Extremely unwelcome approach. Stay away as tourist. When entering at a quite Sunday afternoon I…read moreentered the bar seeing only 3 people having a beer. The sign on the door read "open". As nobody welcomed me I tried to open conversation in my best French and asked whether the bar was open. One guy at the table answered sincerely : "do you see the sign on the door that says "open"?". I replied I noticed it with a short "Oui". The guy irritatedly replied: The sign says open, so it is open (repeating the last word open in French again the way I asked it initially).

Nice little place to stop on the way to Luxembourg. Like majority of places in Europe, you need to…read morepay 50 cents to use the bathrooms, but toilets were clean and nice. Sucks that you couldn't offset price to use bathroom against the food costs, unlike some other roadside stops. I just got coffee (2 euros) and a bag of chips, but there was lots of variety of proper hot food (omelet, sandwich, soup). The seating inside was nice and the out door seating area would probably be full during summer but was deserted when we visited in Nov. Oh, there isn't any gas available here, but that would be a nice addition.

Wonderful bakery right on main street. We stopped in for coffee and stayed for some delicious…read morebread and baked goods. It all was excellent and service very prompt. Also free wifi which is a godsend when you're traveling Europe without cell service!